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Case Reports
. 2011 Oct;11(5):473-5.
doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.11-5-473.

Starvation ketoacidosis in a patient with gastric banding

A Lulsegged  1 , E Saeed, E Langford, C Duffield, S El-Hasani, N Pareek
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Case Reports

Starvation ketoacidosis in a patient with gastric banding

A Lulsegged et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2011 Oct.
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Fig 1.
Computed tomography (CT) scan of the thorax showing dilated oesophagus with a pouch isolated by the gastric band. The band had herniated and there was no free fluid or evidence of perforation.
Fig 3.
Fig 3.
Algorithm for the classification and diagnosis of metabolic acidosis.
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